On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 13:01 -0600, Ed Hartnett wrote:
> Howdy all!
Hi Ed,
> Why do we want shared libraries anyway?
Whether you want them, or not, depends on what you're doing. ;)
If you're talking about the typical scientific desktop app: because they
help save resources like memory, disk spac
Ed Hartnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Given the cost of disk space, why put up with all the complexity of
> building shared libraries? Why not just keep using static
> libraries. If the disk runs out of space, spend $200 on a new disk
> drive.
That's true, but there's also the cost of R
